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Parmenides, Anaximander, Hilbert, the Fifth Postulate

Oct 02, 20121 hr 21 min
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Episode description

Axioms and self-evidence.  Euclid's fifth postulate.  Non-Euclidean geometry and the difference between infinite and unbounded space.  Anaximander and Parmenides, and the principle of sufficient reason.
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